, 1887-02-17
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From TIE2ts@s='- E2ailE-
Did .oU g.t valentine:
Clear c5ld weather is enjoyable.
Prepare for tAa masquerade bail or
the 22I.
Cu..oms Inspector Gardner has re
turned from tie east where Ee I&s teen
on leave II absclce.
Six hundred dollars today added to
tie ULIvsrzily fund n spite Of those
who say ~ cau't be d,ae:"
John L5uI.cy del in Cn;macun sun
day evening. He wa oue OF the Oldest
settlers Of that valley, and had been all
ias FOR some sine will paralysis.
any pa..-up subscriber to the Weekly
AEcus can have an extra copy sent 10
any address 70, SL5J additional. Re
member this. Two copies fnr $3.50.
The University, i secured by the
J5uas stiPu.uteI, VIII become Port
Townsend's ilstitutI"a, and the wealth,
population and trade / brings will be-
come ours aiso-wL,!e every dollar we
contribute will also bs kept at home.
The University VII bring BOT less than
one hundred thoGsauI dollars Of out
side capital to Port Townsend for per
mGucnt iuvestmeut-aud that, too, with
out taking one dollar OF our money out
of the town. Every dollar OF the b7ass
Will be invested here; and part even of
that Will come from outside sources.
Isn't it strange tGa1 any could be found
mean enough to oppose such a worthy
measure?
Remember, We are still 'in the woods
on the University question. If our cit
zens deliberately turn their backs upon
it there is no law 10 compel them to do
otherwise. Another subscription OF S1G0
was pledged toda! in a letter from a
gentleman in Seattle one who does not
own a dollars worth OF property here,
and who is modest about having his
name published at this time. If We
help ourselves, outsiders will help US.
4 casual glance at the Port Townsend
Foundry this morning revealed the work
men in that institution busily engaged
in turned out fine castings. The iron
fronts and tubular supports made by
them for tie new brick buildings 10 be
erected on the sea wall would DO credit
to any iron working establishment on
the coast. L. z. LuTtus & Co. arc carry
lug on business that deserves encour-
agement in every possible way. Mr..
Fitzgerald, foremrn in the casting de-
partment, not only thoroughly under
stands his business bat is doing his best
to give our foundry name and standing
creditable to Port Townsend. Unfor
tunately there are too many people who
prize what they purchase by the distance
they have TO send for IT. We hope the
number of such persons in this town
may diminish. There is nothing in the
line OF iron castings that may not be
furnished by the foundry here at home
and that, too, with a certainty that the
money expended for it will be mainly
kept at home.
What does Weir expect to gain, that
he should take such an interest in the
University" TIE foregoing is a sample
of uncharitabie remarks. 1t may or may
not be necessary to say that those who
are trembling lest Weir should profit by
the euts rprise raay cala their troubled
breasts Tha simula fact Is that Weir
was appointed by The Board Of Ira = as
chairman OF a committee to look after
this University business, and that he is
simply trying to do his duty in thHt ca-
pacity, as a servant OF the puUiio, hat
what ho has done i'll the premises thus
far, and the money be has spent out Of
private purse to further the project, and
what he expects to do and contribute in
the future are all given in the hope of
benefiting Port Townsend-uothiug
more. He has no "ax TO grind" and de- |
sires neither pecuniary profit nor CON-
mendation; and is willing and anxious
TO keep just rs far in the bac round as
possible. His connection with the
whole matter is purely incidental. 1t is
not question rs to whether Weir will |
succeed or fail, but a question as to |
whether Port Townsend viii grasp q |
grand opportunity within reach, or
whether it will suffer internal dissen-
sion5 and apathy to stand in the way Of
progress.